Athletes competing at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo must indicate an exemption assuming the entire COVID-19 before participating.
Henry Bushnell of Yahoo Sports received one of the waivers and aired an excerpt on Friday:
“I agree to participate in the Games under my own threat and at my own risk, adding that anything that has an effect on my participation and/or functionality in the Games, serious physical injury or even death caused by possible exposure to fitness threats such as the transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases or excessive heat situations during participation in the Games. “
As Bushnell noted, participants have signed similar exemptions in the past, however, this edition includes a talk for the International Olympic Committee and Olympic organizers regarding COVID-19.
At a virtual forum Thursday, IAO President Anthony Bach declared that the exemption “is a fear for some of you [athletes]. “
Bushnell also reported that athletes’ representatives had no say in the exemption and had no “bargaining power” to combat exemption or contribution to “COVID-19 countermeasures” to prevent the disease in Tokyo.
Japan’s major cities are in its third state of emergency, according to NPR’s Anthony Kuhn, and the country has just extended it until June 20. The Olympic Games are scheduled to begin on July 21 with softball and football competitions.
Kuhn explained COVID-19-like considerations in Japan:
“The spread in Japan of variant strains of the virus has slowed the decline in the number of cases. Some hospitals are still crowded with COVID-19 patients and others have died at home without access to medical care.
“The deployment of the vaccine in Japan remains the slowest among evolving economies, with only 6% of citizens receiving at least one dose. Partly because Japan had few cases of COVID-19 compared to other countries last year, it has signed agreements to purchase vaccines with foreign vaccine manufacturers months later than experts say.
In addition, the Japan Times reported that more than 80% of Japanese citizens need the Games to develop as planned.
However, IIC Vice President John Coates said the Games will continue even if parts of Japan are in a state of emergency when the Olympic Games are scheduled (July 21 to August 8).
Stephen Wade and Yuri Kageyama of the Associated Press commented from Coates on Friday:
“The recommendation we have from WHO [World Health Organization] and all other clinical and medical recommendations we have are: all the measures we have described, all the steps we are taking are acceptable and will ensure a safe and secure environment. health terms. And that’s the case, be there or not state of emergency. “
The opening rite is scheduled for July 23 and the Tokyo Games have already been postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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